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Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity
Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity

Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity

Date10/4/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130674F
Leader of the raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport a year ago, Israeli Brig
Leader of the raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport a year ago, Israeli Brig
7/4/1977
Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
11/27/1985
Uganda's place is empty. Uganda's chair is empty as the Commonweath prime minister' conference proceeds in London, despite Ugandan dictator Idi Amin i(...)
Uganda's place is empty. Uganda's chair is empty as the Commonweath prime minister' conference proceeds in London, despite Ugandan dictator Idi Amin i(...)
6/8/1977
Expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972, lawyer Zaka Haque, pictured with wife and children Nabeel, 18, and Nadia, 8, sought refuge in Canada and was reduced to eating meals of bread and butter in Toronto
Expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972, lawyer Zaka Haque, pictured with wife and children Nabeel, 18, and Nadia, 8, sought refuge in Canada and was reduced to eating meals of bread and butter in Toronto
8/18/1986
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
1/29/1986
1977: Star reporter Gerald Utting wins two National Newspaper Awards after been thrown in jail by Uganda's Idi Amin
1977: Star reporter Gerald Utting wins two National Newspaper Awards after been thrown in jail by Uganda's Idi Amin
7/19/1977
Work is blessed: Dr. Andrew Simone, centre, leads volunteer members of Canadian Food For Children in prayer yesterday before they start packing the piled-up foodstuffs for shipment to a mission in Uganda. Earlier this week, the organization sent food and medicines to Canadian nurse Theresa Hicks, who runs a clinic in a squatters' camp in Liberia.
Work is blessed: Dr. Andrew Simone, centre, leads volunteer members of Canadian Food For Children in prayer yesterday before they start packing the piled-up foodstuffs for shipment to a mission in Uganda. Earlier this week, the organization sent food and medicines to Canadian nurse Theresa Hicks, who runs a clinic in a squatters' camp in Liberia.
1/8/1987
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
8/25/1981
In front of the native art he loves is Dr. Harry Bain, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the U of T and Hospital for Sick Children, who received an award last week for promoting the quality of family life.
In front of the native art he loves is Dr. Harry Bain, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the U of T and Hospital for Sick Children, who received an award last week for promoting the quality of family life.
6/4/1984
Karim Hakim
Karim Hakim
8/27/1993
Edward G. Rowe of King Township is the 33-year-old president of Sisman's of Canada who [Incomplete]
Edward G. Rowe of King Township is the 33-year-old president of Sisman's of Canada who [Incomplete]
4/14/1982
Eyes... right! Not lacking for admirers, Fred Lewis, 55, is all spit and polish in World War I cavalry sergeant's uniform as he marches on Saturday in the Royal Canadian Legion's walkathon to raise $25,000 for the Metro Toronto Legion Lodge. Lewis, who retired in 1971 after 33 years in the army, acquired the uniform during his travels and wore it to publicize Legion's 50th anniversary. Claire (left) and Lori McMahon were comrades-in-arms.
Eyes... right! Not lacking for admirers, Fred Lewis, 55, is all spit and polish in World War I cavalry sergeant's uniform as he marches on Saturday in the Royal Canadian Legion's walkathon to raise $25,000 for the Metro Toronto Legion Lodge. Lewis, who retired in 1971 after 33 years in the army, acquired the uniform during his travels and wore it to publicize Legion's 50th anniversary. Claire (left) and Lori McMahon were comrades-in-arms.
5/30/1976